Abstract The current paper deals with the labour market effects of European Monetary Union (EMU). We compare the EU-memberstates’ susceptibility to asymmetric shocks and their labour market flexibility under status quo conditions. The findings are related to the question which countries are -...

<sc>Krieger-Boden C.</sc> and <sc>Soltwedel R.</sc> Identifying European economic integration and globalization: a review of concepts and measures, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Processes of regional economic integration such as the European integration process have been shaping the economic relations between countries...